Friday; December 6
On December 6, 1941 the world climate was anything but calm; but I doubt that anyone could have expected what would happened at 7:48 a.m. the following day at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A force of over 350 Japanese aircraft rained bombs and devastation on the U.S. Pacific Fleet stationed in the harbor. Before the attack was over, almost 2500 people were killed and hundreds of American resources were damaged or destroyed. In retrospect, the date that continues to live in infamy probably shouldn’t have been a surprise, but played out in real time, it was. Not only did it shock Americans it launched us headlong into a World War. As I think about the December 7 attack on Pearl Harbor, it reminds me of something that Peter predicted, “Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, ‘Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers...